Kind of funny in a macabre way. It wasn’t that long ago that executions were public affairs. People dressed in their Sunday best heading to watch a hanging or firing squad. Or in the case of the French. Beheadings.
In fact the last public hanging in the U.S was 1936. Reportedly drew a crowd of between 10 to 20 thousand.
Kind of funny in a macabre way. It wasn’t that long ago that executions were public affairs. People dressed in their Sunday best heading to watch a hanging or firing squad. Or in the case of the French. Beheadings.
In fact the last public hanging in the U.S was 1936. Reportedly drew a crowd of between 10 to 20 thousand.